title: Plantar fasciitis: How best to treat?
abstract: In addition to stretching exercises and orthotics, consider steroid injections as part of your first-line treatment options. For recalcitrant pain, a newer injectable reparative treatment is showing promise.
authors.affiliation: The Nellis Family Medicine Residency, Nellis Air Force Base, NV; Department of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. Email: carlton.covey@nellis.af.mil.
authors.forename: Carlton J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Covey
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mulder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D036981:Fasciitis, Plantar / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D019220:High-Energy Shock Waves / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010146:Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids